Introduction To Longevity Medicine

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Introduction to Longevity Medicine for Physicians

Why This Course?

While much scattered information is available from more or less evidence-based sources, there was a lack of a structured, guided, and well-organised course that provides physicians with the necessary background information on this rapidly evolving discipline of healthy longevity.

This Course is closing this gap.

Longevity medicine is not a synonym of functional or integrative medicine, it is not anti-aging or geriatric medicine ---- although it combines some of the core scientific findings from these areas, longevity medicine is different. It is precision medicine driven by measurable biomarkers of aging, such as deep aging biomarkers. It integrates the latest advances of biogerontology and gerosciences, biotechnology, AI, deep learning and omics. This course is the very first comprehensive curriculum of longevity medicine, created by a multidisciplinary core team and key scientists as well as key opinion leaders in those fields.

The Introduction Course has been conceptualized and developed specifically to provide the necessary foundation knowledge for a longevity physician – the necessary basics and navigation towards further CME-accredited, chapters of our Course Curriculum: the Advanced Longevity Medicine Course and Clinical Application Course.

We hope that the Course will also awaken your passion towards the field and encourage to engage in the transformative, advanced, innovative medicine, driven by human and artificial intelligence.

What You’ll Learn

The course is a structured and clear pathway towards the necessary foundation knowledge in the emerging discipline of longevity medicine and its clinical applications.

Introduction to Longevity Medicine covers basics in translational aging research from terminology and demographic aspects, theories and hallmarks of aging, basic aging pathways and mechanisms behind the possibly geroprotective interventions, the various types of aging clocks and their utility.

This course will provide you with a solid base to further deepen your studies in the field, equip you with the necessary vocabulary and definitions, explain the core ideas of AI approaches in biogerontology, navigate through most important measurement tools (or as we would say: diagnostic tools), such as aging clocks, put scientific light on experimental therapies – interventions, geroprotectors and senolytics, including NMN, rapalogs, metformin, etc. Finally, you will also get insights of emerging data on PsychoAge – the impact of psychology on aging and vice-versa.

This course is designed for medical students, medical doctors, health care professionals pursuing continuing medical education, and professionals in biotechnology who do not have time to waste. It contains three hours of core lectures providing introduction to the field, lecture slides, lecture notes, quizzes, guest lectures, as well as references to additional reading materials and online resources. Introduction to Longevity Medicine is the first course in a series intended to provide advanced physicians with the latest approaches in longevity technology.

Course Concept and Content

The Longevity Medicine Course (LMC) is a pivotal curriculum that provides medical professionals with most recent advances in biogerontology, geroscience and precision medicine, while teaching the ways to implement this knowledge in clinical practice.

Introduction to Longevity Medicine – the first part of the LMC, will equip you with core definitions, clinical applications of recent advances in aging research, skills to evaluate the validity of biomarkers of aging and other biological age testing systems and knowledge of the available longevity therapies to tackle aging and age-related diseases.

Course materials available:

Full 2 hour and 40 minute video lecture

Comprehensive lecture slides downloadable material (100+ slide deck)

Slide notes complete with full references and citations

19-page accompanying lecture notes

10 question multiple choice assessment to test and prove your knowledge in the application of longevity medicine

Recommended reading materials from the leading experts in longevity medicine

Recommended research and review papers

Recommended conferences and networking guide

Guest lectures (coming soon!)

Course Outline

Part 1: Introduction to Longevity Medicine: Aging and longevity

Topic 1: Traditional Preventive vs. Longevity Medicine

Topic 2: Epidemiology of Aging, Impact on Global and Public Health

Topic 3: From Biogerontology to the Clinic: Geroscience and Longevity Medicine

Topic 4: Evolutionary and Mechanistic Theories of Aging

Topic 5: Aging and Longevity - Core Definitions and Hallmarks

Topic 6: Introduction to Biomarkers of Aging and Biohorology

Part 2: Experimental, Practical Therapies and Intervention of Longevity Medicine

Topic 7: Geroprotectors, Senolytics and Other Pharmacologics

Topic 8: Introduction to Behavioral Changes Lifestyle Modifications

Part 3: Psychology of Aging

Topic 9: SubjAge & PsychoAge

Part 4: Deep Aging Clocks

Topic 10: Next-Generation Aging Clocks

Topic 11: Longevity Network
Topic 12: Young.AI

How to Take This Course

To get the most from this course and ensure an effective learning method, we suggest taking a systematic and progressive approach to the materials. Start by reading this study guide thoroughly, it has been prepared to give each student a comprehensive introduction to the course topics, structure, contents, benefits and expected outcomes.

The next step is to watch the three hour core lecture, “Introduction to Longevity Medicine”, making use of the provided lecture notes alongside your own notes of the topics covered within.

You can then review the accompanying slide deck, in which you’ll find full references and citations to explore topics in further detail.

Moving forward, watch the “Patient Life Journey” video to discover the benefits and applications of Longevity Medicine across a patient's life, followed by the series of video guest lectures delivered by key opinion leaders and experts.

Finally, we highly recommend reviewing your notes, re-watch the core lecture, then take the assignment which will contribute towards achieving certification for this course. You’ll need to score above 80% to pass with only one attempt at the assignment so preparation is essential. To dive deeper into the topic of Longevity Medicine, we have included two valuable documents:

Recommended Reading and Review Materials, and Additional Online Resources. The former includes links to publications from leading experts in this field and is highly recommended for further exploration into Longevity Medicine, the latter adds links to the latest, cutting-edge developments supported by the Longevity Medicine scientists.

There is a lot to learn and this Introduction Course has been conceptualized and developed specifically to provide the ground stone. We strongly recommend you to retake it several times, work closely with the lecture notes, lecture slides, guest lectures, and refer to recommended references tailored for each of the sections. Taking some time to familiarise yourself by reading the recommended materials and bookmarking the online resources is a highly beneficial way to immerse yourself in this field.

We also encourage you to return to the course content page as it will be growing with explainer videos, animations, further guest lectures and case studies, recommendations of conferences and webinars, etc.